US3160856A - Data processing machine - Google Patents

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US3160856A
US3160856A US836751A US83675159A US3160856A US 3160856 A US3160856 A US 3160856A US 836751 A US836751 A US 836751A US 83675159 A US83675159 A US 83675159A US 3160856 A US3160856 A US 3160856A
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Joseph J Sochor
Arthur A Kusnick
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  • FIG. 5 a. E. PHELPS ETAL 3,160,856 DATA PROCESSING MACHINE 9, 1954 81 Sheets-Sheet 4
  • FIG. 5 a. E. PHELPS ETAL 3,160,856 DATA PROCESSING MACHINE 9, 1954 81 Sheets-Sheet 4
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Dec. 8, 1964 B. E. PHELPS ETAL 3,
DATA PROCESSING MACHINE Original Filed Dec. 9, 1954 81 Sheets-Sheet l BOUND-I O D FIGJ RUV
INVENTORS BYRON E. PHELPS JOSEPH J. SOCHOR mm BY ATTOPNEY LUV LLV
Dec. 8, 1964 B. E. PHELPS ETAL DATA PROCESSING MACHINE Original Filed Dec. 9, 1954 81 Sheets-Sheet 2 FIG 1b MAIN PANEL 000000 000000 0 STARTING MEMoRY NUMBER 1 3 3 NEON LIGHT \Z] 0 0 00 0o ,/IN0IcAT0R 000000 PANEL 000000 PowER OI 333383 LIGHT MEMORY NUMBER 2 000000 POWER fl READY ENDO" oPERATIoN SEQLENCE KEY r LIGHT REEL COMPLETE LIGHT CHECK LIGHT LIGHT LIGHT PowER OF F v O O cYcLE E M Kim i mm 0MP E SWITCH L] LlGI-W sTART STgP DELA YED RU NOuTLHECK MACHINE KEY KEY sToP KEY KEY RESET \REsET KEY KEY MI H T u RIGHT PAss fil El & w SWITCH M2 LEFT COLUMN SELECTOR SWITCHES CHARACTEfI BITS M NU CHARACTER ENTRY swITcI-IEs A AI. INsERTIoN -C] G QE QYZ J SW'TCH SWITCH coNTRoL PANEL (PLUG aoARoI TAPE DRIVE PANEL END OF REVERSE LIGHTS OFF SWITCH "3 W6 REA); sELEcT READY W FORWARD FIGJcI Dec. 8, 1964 B. E. PHELPS ETAL 3,150,856
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1. IN A DATA PROCESSING MACHINE, A PAIR OF RECORD INPUT DEVICES ADAPTED TO READ INPUT RECORDS FROM RECORD MEDIA, A RECORD STORAGE DEVICE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF SAID RECORD INPUT DEVICES, MEANS FOR TRANSMITTING TO SAID STORAGE DEVICES AND FOR STORING THEREIN A PLURALITY OF RECORDS READ IN SAID ASSOCIATED INPUT RECORD READING DEVICES, A DEVICE FOR REPRODUCING ON CONTINUOUS OUTPUT RECORD MEDIA RECORDS IN SAID STORAGE DEVICES, A COLUMN COUNTER ADAPTED TO EMIT AN ELECTRICAL CONTROL SIGNAL OUTPUT AT EACH OF THE COLUMNS OF SAID STORAGE DEVICES, MEANS FOR SELECTING A PAIR OF COLUMN COUNTER CONTROL SIGNAL OUTPUTS REPRESENTATIVE OF SPACED RECORD COLUMNS, AND MEANS ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID LAST NAMED MEANS RESPONSIVE UPON RECEIPT OF SAID SELECTED COLUMN COUNTER CONTROL SIGNAL OUTPUTS FOR TRANSMITTING TO SAID OUTPUT REPRODUCING DEVICE FOR REPRODUCTION THEREIN OF PRESELECTED PARTS OF A RECORD IN EACH OF SAID RECORD STORAGE DEVICES.
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GB32633/55A GB806506A (en) 1954-12-09 1955-11-15 Improvements in electronic data processing machines
FR1161310D FR1161310A (en) 1954-12-09 1955-12-02 Classifier-collator for data recorded on tape
DEJ11004A DE1273872B (en) 1954-12-09 1955-12-09 Circuit arrangement for sorting information characters
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